{Editorial}
Namaste,
Dear Friends,
This spring promises to be festive at the French Alliance in Kathmandu!
From March 7, we offer a special concert by Wax Tailor! You read correctly, the French star will
be in Kathmandu for a single concert in 1905, ending an extensive tour of India. Wax Tailor is a
DJ of international repute. His music blends Hip Hop and Trip Hop. For this concert Wax Tailor
is accompanied by his band on stage, including a violinist! Seats are on sale at the French
Alliance (Tripureshwor) and 1905 (Bar-restaurant in Kantipath). For the second consecutive
year, the French Alliance Celebrate sWomen's Day. Rendez-vous on March 8 at the French
Alliance! Film screening, photo exhibition, performance art, dance.. to celebrate and to honor
women. Many NGOs working for minorities will be present at the Alliance to share their work
and sensiblize the public.
The long awaited moment for our students arrive: The Francophonie Week! From March 21 to
25 : Contest, Quiz, petanque tournament, films ( by Rohmer and Resnais), photo contest ... and
of course do not miss our annual event, Great night of Francophonie! Students and teachers of
the Alliance have prepared a colorful show! Dinner à la Française, wine, theater, dance, song,
disco and big raffle of the Francophonie with many prizes to win!
In April, the French Alliance becomes an outdoor cinema! This is the French Film Festival!
Come see a selection of French films subtitled in English, entry is free (see page: 12). More
information on www.alliancefrancaise.org.np
See you at AFK !
Stay tuned.
Elise
Director, AFK

1905, Kantipath
www.1905restaurant.com
For the first time in Nepal the best Hip
Hop DJ from France!
Opening by : NIRNAYA DA'NSK & Gaurab
Subba with Lyrics Inthependense
Wax Tailor is the alias of French trip hop/hip
hop producer, Jean-Christophe Le Sao没t.
He started in 2004 with two EP's (Lost The
Way and Que Sera / Where My Heart's
At). The first album Tales of the Forgotten
Melodies he released in March 2005,
mixing hip-hop, downtempo, trip-hop with
samples extracted from movies. This album
became one of the best selling electronic
releases of the year. The second album
Hope & Sorrow released in April 2007. It
was nominated for the French "Victoires
de la Musique" and US Indie music award.
After being a host on a French radio in
the Paris suburb of Mantes-La-Jolie, JC
Le Saout started the French Rap band

La Formule in the 1990s. He created his
label Lab'Oratoire in 1998 and produced
records from La Formule as well as Break
Beat compilations and a collaboration with
the Swedish band Looptroop. He began
work on the Wax Tailor project in 2001, first
appearing on a remix of Looptroop & La
Formule's "Breathing Under Water". Wax
Tailor's first EP Lost The Way was released
in 2004 and features contributions from
Charlotte Savary, Marina Quaisse, and Big
Dada rapper Infinite Livez. Other musicians
who have appeared alongside Wax Tailor
include North Carolina Hip-Hop duo The
Others, Ursula Rucker, Sharon Jones, Voice
and A State Of Mind.
His third album "In The Mood For Life" was
released on September 22, 2009.Winner of
the 7th annual Independent Music Awards
Vox Pop vote for best Dance/Electronica
album "Hope & Sorrows"
www.waxtailor.com

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Women's Day

{Event}

8 March | AFK, Tripureshwor

Alliance Française in Kathmandu celebrates for the second year, March 8th Women’s Day! With
the help of Lucie Ramognino from FEDO, AFK is pleased to invite you for a whole day program with
dance, documentary, photo and painting exhibitions. NGOs working for minorities in Nepal will be
present all the day to present their work.
11 AM Film Screening: 'Women are Heroes' by JR, 2010, 1hr 25Min
Africa, Asia and South America. French artist JR transforms
streets, buildings, favelas and villages into art galleries forcing
viewers to see art they might not otherwhise encounter. Women
are heroes talks about women who sometimes walk side by
side with death and often embrace life moving from tears to laughter. They
are generous women who own nothing, but are willing to share, women
who have painful pasts and want to built bright futures. Searching for what
is common is their gaze, we come closer to what is universal: the human
factor.
12.30 PM Visual Art performance: '8 meters, 8 march & 8 people'
by Heart Beat with Gyanu Gurung, Kailash Shrestha, Laxman Karmacharya, Rabita Kisi, Sandhya
Silwal, Sanjeet, Satya Shila Kashajoo and Sudeep Balla
Celebration with colors and canvas on the occcasion of International Women's Day. Art for
development and social change for interconnecting for equality and justice. The canvas will be
divided in 4 meter and 4 meter each for 2 men and 2 women.
12.30 PM Lunch: prepared by Women for Human Rights
2.30 PM Dance program by Kritika (45Min)
25 dancers from minorities dancing for social justice and equality.
PAINTING EXHIBITION: 'ILLUSIONARY LINES' by KriSHNA THING
Originally a traditional Thangka painter, Krishna Thing has, over the years, combined the
techniques and emblems of traditional Thangka painting with a very personal expression of
inner feelings. The strong influence of Thangka painting is reflected in Krishna’s unique art: the
techniques, proportions, as well as some imagery and symbols appear throughout his artwork. He
uses the traditional techniques of Tangka painting to develop a three-dimensional world of his own
to express his feelings and let his imagination run free.
8 - 18 March Photo Exhibition: 'Femmes du Monde' by Yann Rollo
“The age to come will be the age of women. The world, to survive, needs the
values they embody…” French photographer Yann Rollo van de Vyver, who was
present at His Holiness The Dalai Lama’s conference in Nantes on 2008 August
15th, kept the message in mind. When he flew the next month to Nepal and
Bhutan for a pilgrimage, he decided, on his own way, to pay homage to all these
anonymous women of the world who fight courageously to provide everyday life
for their families, often barely a subsistence. He invites us here to share with him
a small selection of his most beautiful encounters, through the photographical
glance of an ethnologist and the heart of an artist. He modestly means, with this
work, to promote equality between the sexes and, more simply, to question us
about the room left to women nowadays in the world.
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Organizations invited for
Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day at AFK

Heartbeat
Heartbeat is a non government organization that conducts social
activities in diverse sector of the country through the participation
and involvement of youth. The organization was formed in 2006
and has been working in the field of arts and social issues since
then. In 2009 it was registered as a non government organization
(NGO) in District Administration Office (DAO) and Social Welfare
Council (SWC). In the initial phase the organization was mainly
based on the field of arts and worked on the creative art
exhibition in relation to the society. Heartbeat has already worked
and exhibited more than 10 national and few international
art exhibitions and also has conducted various workshops in
arts. The organization has been working with various donor
agencies, INGOS, Community based organizations, and youth
organizations through the involvement and participation of youth
from various sectors of the society. The activities conducted by
the organization are mainly focused on the development issues
of the society such as human rights, environmental issues, drug
abuse, street children, education, poverty, child right, water and
sanitation and eco organic farming and so on. The main focus of
the organization is to empower the youths through the exposure
to different social interlinked activities, capacity building through
different trainings and involvement of the youths in the planning
and intervention of the social activities.
Kritika Campaign
In order to end violence against women for good by changing
attitudes and behaviors, a group of women human rights
activists and defenders has been united in 2008 and is running
Kritika Campaign in Nepal ever since. This Campaign raises the
common concerns of women in general and more specifically of
marginalized women through cultural programs (songs, dances,
drama). Collective actions for social justice, speaking out for
equality are ingrained values of this campaign.
National Disabled Women Association (NDWA)
Nepal Disabled Women Association (NDWA) was established in
1998 adopting the values of the fundamental rights described
by the Constitution of Nepal in order to support women with
disabilities to pursue their rights and provide them protection
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and welfare. Thus, NDWA promotes programs to these women
with disabilities from remote areas in order to make them
capable, strong and to build their self-esteem and confidence.
This association has important objectives, such as to advocate
the issues of women with disabilities, to give them access to
education, health, employment, rehabilitation and social security.
National Indigenous Women Federation (NIWF)
Nepalese indigenous women have their own social issues rooted
in a socio-culture and socio-structure that are fundamentally
different from those implemented in the Nepalese society.
National Indigenous Women Forum (NIWF), established in 1998,
aims to empower these backward women through awareness in
economic, social, political and cultural sectors. NIWF also carries
out researches on various social aspects affecting indigenous
women and children to conduct programs appropriate to their
needs.
Videh Foundation
Videh Foundation was established in 2007 with aims to support
women, especially women from the Terai/Madhesi women.
Videh Foundation has the following specific objectives, which are
to improve women's status by politically, to increase women's
involvement in peace and constitution making process and to
work for establishing peace and social justice.
Nepal Muslim Women's Welfare Society (NMWWS)
In Nepal, it is known to all that Muslim people, especially women,
are extremely backward in every aspect of social, political,
educational or economic life. Taking in consideration the rights
of Muslim women and their voices, we should secured them
in the decision making level under the constitutional provision
for the forthcoming Constitution of Nepal. Since Nepal Muslim
Women Welfare Society (NMWWS) was established in 2006, it is
struggling for the achievement of these objectives.
Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO)
Some Dalit women, who were suffering from the caste and
gender-based discrimination, decided to establish the FEDO
Dalit Organization (FEDO) in order to uplift the oppressed status
of Dalit women. FEDO is the first national level non-government
organization as a pioneer to represent Dalit women and to
fight against caste and gender-based discrimination. Through
advocacy, economic empowerment, health and education
projects, FEDO is promoting a just and equitable society, where
Dalit women can benefit from their rights and participate into the
Nepali society.
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Choose one word among the 10 words of the
Francophonie, be inspired and send your picture with
your name and contact to general.afk@gmail.com
before March 16th.
1st prize : A session of French classes at AFK !
The best pictures will be exhibited at AFK during all
the Francophonie Week

Tournoi dE PETANQUE
One bottle of Pastis to win !

Friday, March 25th from 5pm

Grande soirée de la Francophonie !

Songs, artworks, photo exhibition, theatre, dance,
food, wine, disco (come to hear French Music on the
dancefloor!). An amazing show by students, teachers,
staff of AFK, The French International School, Rupy’s
International School and more !

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{Event}

FRENCH FILMS FESTIVAL 2011
Come and enjoy a selection of French films with English subtitles!

From 19th to 22th April at 7pm
In the Gardens of Alliance Française
Free entry!
Tuesday, 19th April

Thursday, 21st April

La fille du RER

La petite Jérusalem

André Techiné, 2009,1h45
With Émilie Dequenne, Catherine Deneuve and
Michel Blanc
A drama centered on a young woman who
claims she was the target of an anti-Semetic
attack and the subsequent media sensation it
creates.
Wednesday, 20th April

Ma vie en l’air

Rémi Bezançon, 2005, 1h43
With Marion Cotillard, Vincent Elbaz and
Gilles Lelouche
Will the fear of flying rob a man of his second
chance for love?

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Karin Albou, 2005, 1h36
With Fanny Valette, Elsa Zylberstein and Bruno
Todeschini
A beautiful Jewish young woman still living with
her orthodox family in a Parisian suburb, falls in
love with a Muslim co-worker.
Friday, 22nd April

La prophétie des Grenouilles

Jacques-Rémy Girerd, 2003, 1h30 (Animation)
It's a catastrophe! A flood has hit our planet and
an unusual group of people are all that remains.
Led by Ferdinand, a modern day Noah, this
little group have managed to defy the furiously
raging elements. People and animals alike are
dragged through this incredible whirlpool of an
adventure.

{Le Bistrot}

Opening Hours
Monday to Friday
7am - 5:30pm
Le Bistrot, much more than French food!
In the Gardens of Alliance Franรงaise in Kathmandu,
Tripureshwor, Teku Road (next to Xerox Showroom)
To book a table : 4241163

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{Campus France}

National agency for promoting French higher education abroad.
CampusFrance Nepal is happy to share with you about the Nepalese students who went
to France for their higher studies from 2007 till end of the year 2010.
YEAR

Nepal-French Alumni Network (NFAN)
You’ve studied in France? 5, 10 or even 20 years ago ?
Please contact us to be part of our association NFAN !
This association will be an active network to all past and
future students in France.
Mr Prabin Rana
Deputy Director
Allianace Française in Kathmandu
direction2.afk@gmail.com

Can you recognize them ?

Laxman Khadka and Mira Thapa: 30 ans déjà !
Congratulations to Laxman and Mira who started
to work at AFK (previously Centre Culturel
Français) in 1981 !

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{Courses}
Alliance Française in Kathmandu and
the French Embassy’s scholarships
The Embassy of France in Nepal is supporting the Alliance’s work
through many means, and one of them is by providing short term
linguistic scholarships.
The number of these scholarships may vary according to the
Embassy’s resources; in 2010, one student, Wishrut Bhattarai, has
been discovering France in August. Intensive classes and exploring
French regions were on the program of this four-week stay.
Students are selected according to several criteria: ability to make
progress and to benefit from a complete French environment, need
for French, for professional reasons or for studies plans, curiosity
and interest in French culture and society.
We’ll let you know next session whether new scholarships are
available, and when the students will be selected… and in between
there’s a French atmosphere to experience in our classes!

Ready for a new session of French?

INGRID CHIRON

Next session : April 27 – July 7
Admission : April 10 – April 24

At the Alliance Française in Katmandou, our team of motivated and experienced teachers is
ready to welcome you for a new session and share with you their passion for French language
and French speaking culture. From beginner levels to advanced ones you will enjoy learning
and progressing among students – soon friends – hailed from different backgrounds, in the
second language spoken and taught all over the world.
Our teachers also teach outside Alliance in various schools and organizations.
Among them, we would particularly like to thank our long time partners, Rupy's International
School, since 1997, and Silver Mountain School of Hotel Management since 2005. We are also
very happy to start a new collaboration this year with Little Angels' College of Management.